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The Authoritative Historian - Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography (Hardcover)
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The Authoritative Historian - Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography (Hardcover)
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In this volume an international group of scholars revisits the
themes of John Marincola's ground-breaking Authority and Tradition
in Ancient Historiography. The nineteen chapters offer a series of
case studies that explore how ancient historians' approaches to
their projects were informed both by the pull of tradition and by
the ambition to innovate. The key themes explored are the relation
of historiography to myth and poetry; the narrative authority
exemplified by Herodotus, the 'father' of history; the use of
'fictional' literary devices in historiography; narratorial
self-presentation; and self-conscious attempts to shape the
historiographical tradition in new and bold ways. The volume
presents a holistic vision of the development of Greco-Roman
historiography and the historian's dynamic position within this
practice.
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